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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 15, 2023Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2023, 9:17 PM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Jun 17, 2023, 12:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2023, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2023, 12:20 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 20, 2023, 12:54 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 20.99 ft at Jun 19, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 15, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	29 min
Jun 16, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Sumter	65 min
Jun 16, 7:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	66 min
Jun 16, 7:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	61 min
Jun 16, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	57 min
Jun 16, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	28 min
Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	62 min
Jun 16, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	39 min
Jun 16, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	41 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Pickens	53 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Pickens	45 min
Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens	3 hr
Jun 16, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	55 min
Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BMX	Pickens	48 min
Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	17 min
Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay	51 min
Jun 16, 6:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pickens	3 hr
Jun 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	48 min
Jun 16, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	44 min
Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Sumter	63 min
Jun 16, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BMX	Hale	59 min
Jun 16, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	54 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.